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    AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    July 1 2005

    PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES AGO MONITORING GROUP
    MEMBERS
    [July 01, 2005, 18:09:35]

    On July 1, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
    received a delegation of the Council of Europe AGO monitoring group
    led by permanent representative of Germany to the organization Dr.
    Roland Wegener. The President noted favorable conditions had been
    created for the Ago group to be closely familiarized with the current
    situation in Azerbaijan, and informed the guest in detail with
    ongoing democratic processes in the country.

    Head of the delegation Roland Wegener said he witnessed considerable
    progress occurred in Azerbaijan since his last visit to the country.

    He valued the presidential decrees of pardon, order on improvement of
    election practice, as well as the positive changes in penitentiary,
    measures for protection of rights of prisoners, and providing equal
    rights for candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections,
    initiative of authority - opposition dialogue, and ensuring freedom
    of assembly as a real progress in democratic development in the
    country.

    Mr. Roland Wegener added the members of the Ago Monitoring group had
    closely watched President Ilham Aliyev's interview to the CNN-Turk
    TV-channel, in which the Head of State dwelt on the ongoing
    democratic processes in Azerbaijan.

    The meeting also focused on the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict, and a number of other issues of mutual interest.
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